Benno vom eigen



(No Model.)

B. VOM EIGEN.

BAG LOGK.

No. 336,536. Patented Feb. 1-6, 1886.

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N. PETERS. Phowl-imgnphr, Wanhingtcn. ti o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENNO VOM EIGEN, OF NEWARK, NElV JERSEY.

BAG-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,536, dated February 16, 1886.

Serial No. 184,63. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNO VOM EIGEN, a citizen of Germany, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide increased security against the surreptitious opening of a bag or satchel;,and it consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag or satchel lock. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken longitudinally. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the lock, thebottom plate being removed to show the interior mechanism; and Figs. 4 to 7 illustrate in detail certain parts which will be fully described.

In said drawings, a indicates a lock-case adapted to be secured on a bag-frame section or jaw in any ordinary manner. bis abolt or sliding catch, which works in said case, having catching edges or projections c c, which engage ordinary holding tongues or lugson the co-operating jaw or section of the frame, which lugs enter the said case through openings or perforations d d in thelatter. (Shown in Fig. l.)

Connected with the bolt or sliding catch, to operate the same, is a finger-piece, e, which isv arranged in a barrel or tubular section, f, arranged longitudinally upon the case, and secured thereon by suitable rivets or pins or staples, g, at one end, and at the other end by being inserted in a central, vertical, and hollow stud or shaft-bearing. The said fingerpiece moves in a direction parallel with the bolt, and is connected with the said bolt by rneans of a pin or rivet, 5 so that when pressure is brought to bear on the end of the fingerpiece the bolt is moved from a holding position or relation to the tongues before referred to, the barrel and case being slotted, as at h k, to allow the movement of the pin. A return movement is given to the bolt, whereby it may pass automaticlly into catching engagement by a spring, 2', arranged between the end of the bolt and the case. At about the middle of the case, projecting upward therefrom, is secured the vertical tube or shaftbearing K, before mentioned, which provides bearings for the inner ends of the barrels or pieces f s, and acts as a sleeve for a lockingshaft, Z. Said locking-shaft is adapted to turn in the said sleeve when operated by a removable key or finger-piece, m-such as is shown in side and front elevation in Figs. 4 and 5-or by a permanently-attached finger-piece, n. (Shown in Fig. 2 and in detail in Fig. 6.) The lower end of the shaft Z enters a recess, 0, Figs. 3 and 7, in the top of the bolt, and is thereat provided with a lateral projection, p, which, when turned in a transverse direction, as indicated in outline in Fig. 7, allows the bolt to move longitudinally, so that the framesections may be unlocked by pushing the finger-piece e; but when turned in a longitudinal direction, as in Fig. 3, the said projection 12 strikes one of the end walls of the recess, and the said bolt is held in catching engagement with the lugs or tongues of the op posite frame-section, as will be understood. Said lower end of the shaft is also provided with a projection, t, to engage the spring 1), so that a greater exertion of power will be re quired in turning the shaft from a locked to an unlocked position. Said projection t is made shorter than the lock-proj ection p, as indicated in Fig. 6, so that the said projection it will clear the bolt and allow a further movement thereof. Said shaft at its lowest extremity provided with a bearing, q, Figs. 2, 4, and 6, which enters a suitable seat or bearing in a bottom plate, a, of the lock-case. At the opposite side of the vertical tube from the barrel f is secured a piece, 8, which acts as a bearing for one finger of the hand, as the pushing-finger thereof bears or presses on the finger piece e, said piece 8 having one end secured in the tube K, and the other end riveted to the case by the rivet or staplej. The lockingshaft is held in its locked and unlocked positions by a spring, 2), as illustrated in Fig. 3. Said spring bears against the sides of the shaft, 5 which is fiat or angular, and holds it in the desired position. The ends of the spring preferably bear against the side walls of the lock-case, as shown. To one understanding the operation of the look its manipulation is convenient and easy, while to one unacquainted with it it presents difficulties in opening the satchel which require time to avoid, so that a hasty theft from the satchel while the owners attention is called for the moment away from it is prevented.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new isl. The combination of the lock-case, recessed bolt, finger-piece c, alocking-shal't having alocking-projection, a spring for holding the said shaft, and aspring, i, for returning the bolt, all substantially as shown and described. 2. The improved bag lock, combining therein the case 0. having openings d d and h, the vertical sleeve or bearing k, the barrel f, locking-shaft Z, having projection 19, and permanently attached fingerpiece n, the fingerpiece 6, arranged in said barrel and connected with the bolt by a pin or portion, 9, a spring, 1), for holding the shaft, and a spring, 73, for operating the bolt, all said parts being arranged and combined substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with a lock-case for satchels, a bolt having a recess, 0, and a shaft for locking said bolt, having at its lower end a locking -pro jection to engage the end wall of the said recess and projecting vertically through said case, and at the outer or upper end provided with a permanently-secured finger-piece,n, substantially as herein setforth.

4E. The combination, with the casea, sleeve K, and barrel f, arranged substantially as shown and described, of a recessed bolt, 1), working in said case, a finger-piece, 6, working in said barrel and operating the bolt, and alocking-shaft, Z, working in said sleeve and locking said bolt, all said parts being arranged and adapted to operate substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of November, 1885.

BENNO VOM EIGEN.

\Vitnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, FREDK. F. CAMPBELL. I 

